San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-09
THE LOCATION
OF the City Hall Site Discussed by a Cor.
respondent.

OF the City Hall Site Discussed by a Cor
respondent.
Editor LIGHT:
observe In the Times a statement to
the effect that Alderman Conner Ia in
favor OF buying the property Of Mrs.
Russi and erecting the city hall on Mill
tsry plaza, but the taxpayers will hard
ly endorse this scheme, as 1t involves a
useless expenditure OF money and will
disfgure the plaza. That 1t would be a
useless expenditure Of money to pur-
chase lot when Mrs. Maverick has
generously offered to donate one, Ia a
self-evident proposition. There Ia no
reason why the city hall should be put
In one OF the three oldest plsZss, which
are not an inch too large. II, however,
II must be stuck In plaza, why not put
II in Milan square. fronting Commerce
street?
In no city has the city hall been
| erected at the geographical centre. The
centre OF San Antonio in 1887 will not be
the centre in 1897 - population and bust
ness will be attracted by cheap lots and
the west End" may then be densely
populated Cheap lots will act as n
magnet to draw population. With
street railways traveTsing the city, the
city hall would be quite accessible on
Mrs. Mavericks lot on Avenue G, and
accessibility Is really all that is required
| 10 a location for the city hall.
Let the taxpayers ask themselves
why the city should expend money In
the purchase of lot as site for the
city hail when suitable lot has been
rendered gratuitOusly? l. the city
treasury In such plethOric condition as
TO require depletion? BY no means.
| The city Is now borrowing money at a
| pretty lively rate, and must continue to
borrow. consequently all unnecessary
| expenditure of money should be stunned.
Who will be benefited by placing the
city hall on Military plaza. Probably r
| dozen men at the most. But the dis
| figurment OF the plaza would consti-
| tnte an injury to the entire city. 1t
would be continuing injury. The
plaza is needed for the proper circula.
| iiOn of air-a most important considers
tiOn In warm climate. These retlec-
lions deserve to be carefully pOndered
by the citizens.
In nv opinion, II the matter should be
left 10 the popular vote, a large majOri-
ty would be cast against erecting the
CITY mall on elmer vi the pidLds. ne
people are opposed to diverting the
pIazas from their proper purpose, and
they are not in favor of sticking the
city prison on the plaza. The "bat
cave" with the huge pile OF wood around
it and horses fastened about it, is not
very ornamental to the city. nor a pleas
ant sight to citizens. 1t shocks visitors,
and not without reason. A Jail IN the
centre OF public plaza would be an
eyesOre." People have not given any
thought TO this phaze of the question,
but it l. time they were doing go. |
put the question point blank 10 each
citizen, whether he seriously thinks the
city prison or Jail be located on Military
plaza? 1.-The answers that he does favor
1t, then | have some curiosity TO learn
his reasons for it since they are beyond
my feeble powers of cOuceptiOn. Every
person imprisoned during the day would
have to be paraded across the plaza in
full view of the public; bowling drunk
ards, male aDffemale, men with bloody
pates and eyes painted black, would be
a splendid sight to place before the pub
lie. CEPHAs.